Charlie was born with a facial defect that made him the butt of taunts and abuse as he grew up. This story is about the summer when big changes happened in his life
A young trophy wife's entire life is changed by a visit to the dentist. She makes the mistake of combining alcohol with a drug the dentist prescribes and her stepsons take advantage of the effect they have on her.
A High School sports hero moves up to begin his baseball career only to have it crash around him. Fate and an old friend re-invent his life when he thinks he can't really be happy again.
There's been confusion over the North / South Carolina aspect of the story. I hope it's finally fixed. Sorry for the confusion.
Caught my girlfriend riding some other guy, lost my job, and ended up back in my old room at home just before summer break from college. You could say things weren't going well for me. To make matters worse, I discovered that my sister had 'flowered' in my absence, and it's rather impossible not to notice. I'm in deep trouble.
13 year old Ken is left at home for two days when his mother goes on a business trip. She has asked Carolyn, her 6 month pregnant neighbor to babysit her son. Ken is curious about sex and pregnancy and finally realizes that Carolyn has her fantasies too, about young boys.
Don has some trouble adjusting at school due to his two year adventure on the Barbary Coast; Literature gets the better of him. With the assistance of an interested teacher, he manages to overcome adversity. He continues his relationship with Jennifer and manages to make some more new friends, mainly female.